anuragbhatia.com !!!

A few days back one of my friend told me to get a Unlimited web hosting account…..that too was for lifetime !!!

Features:

• unlimited web space (with a *)
• unlimited bandwidth (with a *)
• for Lifetime !!! (with a *)
• unlimited add on domains
• unlimited parked domains
• unlimited subdomains
• unlimited Databases
• Its cpanel !
• 99.9% uptime guarantee !
• 7 days money back guarantee !

all this was for just $17 (US dollers !) one time

Sounds intersting isn’t it…….means when we pay about $4-$5 a month for a few GB’s of space and a few hundreds of bandwidth this offers looks very attractive.

So ignoring the * i just gave it a try !

Signup was really good…….everything got wrking withing 1hr………..

Now i just didn’t used that account for about 40-50 days……..later i need to host a .iso image yea…correct file hosting….now you are getting it !

Hey…..remember i asked the reseller as per his terms to give me permission to host that file……and he gave

So a little hassle came up :

• No shell access…..aah….i asked support for that but support guy was a reseller……so he can’t actually help much here !
• i tried putting wget in a cron with confusing cpanel parameters …to make sure it download that file later in night and tried same for 2 days…..it never wrked………
• again asked support for Shell access >>> same reply <<<
• Ok fine after little frustations…..i just used the advanced tab while setting cron and gave * in ALL parameters !….assuming this time it will just start a cron within a minute and everything will go smoothly…….
• No No ….failure again ! ….it started downloading from source and kept increasing no. of downloads……by starting a download every min ! (i gave * in all parameters of cron….remember !)
• I observed the mistake…and tried deleting the cron…but the server has already suspended me !!! (looks funny….read more….)
• ok ….now i contacted the reseller……..
• His reply >>> “Hi, i got reply from the host under which i am reseller…they say - “the user Anurag tried to hack server with malicious scripts and tried to influence the other accounts !”
  They even suspended all 200 accounts under me in the process…and deleted your account permanently”
• LOL - really funny !
• Ok so now reseller suggested to pay $10 to get a lifetime account on new server……..$10 for lifetime…..hmmmm……not bad isn’t it ?
• got a new cpanel account with same features……….
• This time i again put the cron with EXTREME caution…….and hurray got it wrking…….appears i can sleep comforatbly now……….
• no no, trouble again !!!
  after 5-6 days when i used up about 18GB bandwidth, they again suspended my account becoz of too much usage in shared hosting envirement !

So here the finaly meaning of this story !!!

those stars in unlimited space and bandwidth meant its NOT unlimited !!!

it was actually unmetered !!!

difference :

unmetered means they actually put no limit on account itself……but then actual server limits always exsist, moreover saying shared envirement limit always exists.

I tried observing terms of a few more un-metered lifetime web host………almost all have similar terms…..and reliable hosts actually charge about $200-$300 lifetime to give unlimited bandwith with a few GB’s of web space……

So actually if we take a look from hosts point of view, we can never find the type of cheap reliable solutions we always look for in these kind of packages !

so better saying for important wrk don’t use lifetime - unmetered account…..

as per my struggle i just found following features in those packages….

• they are NOT unlimited but are unmetered….or i will better call them undefined !
• Poor customer support as becoz of reseller customer relationship
• you never know whether your scripts consuming average resources will run or you will use more resources then available in shared environment !
• good replacement of free web hosting BUT again here, reliability matters !

Ok ok, m ending up this post >>> Summary

Finally saying unlimited lifetime hosting accounts looks like candy when you see the offer BUT truly they are just un-defined accounts since limits always exists and you never know when you get susspended for crossing that limit….

But they can prove to be much better for light weight sites which are required only for small amount of time for like 3-4 months….in those cases they could be a good replacement of free web hosts, or home desktop based hosting.

Thanks for reading, plz don’t forget to leave comments…….

Hey !!!

after working on Linux from some days just thought to put a review about Linux itself !!!

Starting with Linux is often quite complex for newbie’s.

Here’s a list of common troubles…

• Selecting distro
• Switching troubles like partitioning
• Hardware trouble - including non-supporting hardware & driver problems
• Installing Software….not as easy as .exe files in windows package called wine sorts out that problem + rpm packages also really easy to install
  
• Learning a little bit command line parameters

Since being Member of Team Granular selecting ditro was NO trouble at all.Offcource i selected our Granular for starting

Partitioing looks a bit complex but after backing up WHOLE data, its not that much difficult to give try
And help docs coming with distro’s really help ………

Hardware is always a trouble………most often non supporting sound cards create trouble, even i was having trouble with my ethernet card’s driver initially but in latest released its driver problem was solved.

Actually having driver still not able to install it was my trouble.After much struggle i gave up but later got that solved

Installing Software is a bit complex type task BUT package installers always make work easy + most of distro’s comes with already installed software’s which really saves time in installing in windows ….

So actually truly saying starting is a “bit” bitter !

but after having its setup………its really really better.It takes some time in sorting out some basic startup problems but later its really like fun, easy to use, highly stable OS

The excellent features i observed in Linux:

• Highly stable
• Much much more control over your PC
• Supports old hardware….even is wrking @ gr8 speed on my 600Mhz computer
• No hassle of maintaining anti virus, anti virus & other security software and its updates….
• Gr8 support from Forums……….actually i personally feel Linux has more support then Windows.Every trouble can be easily solved from that specific distro forum + many other open source communities.

And even many more……which you will observe when you will switch !!!

So finally speaking

Although switching to linux can prove to be a little hassle initially but truly saying it really deserves …….

The features of Linux are much much more the only thing it takes is intially time.

So what are you waiting for ……….start !!!